POET, PUBLISHER, PETE
A quintessential Midwesterner with an insatiable love for adventure and the power of words, Peter N. Liptak is a poet, author, publisher, with a passion for cycling, traveling, teaching, and writing. Unlike most English majors, he actually made use of his degree teaching English to children and adults in South Korea🇰🇷 for 20 years, as a private tutor, preschool teacher, and adjunct professor at Incheon University.
Exploring his interests at the University of Minnesota🎓, from the wonders of Astronomy and Anthropology to Philosophy and Poetics, while juggling jobs as a preschool teacher, waiter, dance instructor, and massage therapist.
Seeking to share his knowledge and passion with the world, he embarked on a new adventure, traveling to South Korea to teach English to children and adults. As a private tutor, preschool teacher, and adjunct at Incheon University, Peter immersed himself in Korean culture, history, and language, earning a master's degree in Korean History along the way.
Inspired by Korea's rich heritage, Peter penned several books, including the award-winning "Letters: Building an Alphabet with Art and Attitude," "Idiom Attack" series of ESL textbooks, and the children's early reader "Teddy LeBear" series . He also translated the scathing graphic novel, "The Great Successor - Kim Jong Un: a Political Cartoon," and authored the controversial book of Korean Slang, "As much as a Rat's Tail."
🚴♂️ Avid cyclist
🌎 World traveler
📚 English teacher
🎓 Master's degree holder
📝 Author and copywriter
🎭 Actor and dance instructor
🏆 Award-winning author
📖 Children's book author
🐻 Teddy LeBear series author
Peter's simple mantra of "Woo Hoo!" 🥳 embodies his love for life and the joy of experiencing the little things that hold the greatest adventures 🌄. You can follow Peter's adventures and writing at peteliptak.com or petespoetry.com
"Woo Hoo!"
Awards🏅:
🥈 SILVER Winner for Multicultural (Adult Fiction) for Baek Seok: Poems of the North 2019
🥇 International Book Awards Gold Medal for Letters, Illustration Award & Bronze Medal for The Great Successor 2016
🥈 Benjamin Franklin Awards: Silver Medal for Korean Slang: As much as a Rat’s Tail 2016
🎁 Korea Literature Translation Institute Grant: for the collected works of North Korea poet Baek Seok 2014
🥈 Benjamin Franklin Digital Awards: Silver Honoree for Teddy's Day HD 2013
🥇 Mom's Choice Awards: Gold Medals in Young Adult Poetry and Interactive eBooks for Letters and Teddy’s Day HD 2012
🥈 Mom's Choice Awards: Silver Medals in Children's Picture Books for Teddy’s Day and Teddy’s Camp⛺ 2012
🏆 Midwest Book Awards: First Place in Children's Illustrated ebooks for Teddy's Day 2011
🎓 Underwood Fellowship: Yonsei Graduate School of International Studies 2001
Sites
https://peteliptak.com
https://exilepress.com
https://thewritersink.com
https://petespoetry.com
https://idiomattack.com
https://an-alphabet-apart.com
https://www.badasskorean.com
https://greatsuccessor.org
https://koreanpoets.org
Linkedin profile
https://www.linkedin.com/in/peternliptak/
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/PeterNLiptak
https://www.facebook.com/teddytracks
https://www.facebook.com/AsMuchAsARatSTail
https://www.facebook.com/ExilePressLLC
https://www.facebook.com/LettersABC
https://www.facebook.com/PeterLiptakPoetry
https://www.facebook.com/Idiom-Attack
https://www.facebook.com/greatsuccessor
